Basse Truck Line, Inc. v. First State Bank, Bandera, Texas

OPINION

RICKHOFF, Justice.

This is a suit under the Uniform Commercial Code and Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act on liability for cashing converted checks. Basse Truck Line (“Basse”) sued Del Rio Bank and Trust (“Del Rio ”), Bank One, Texas N.A. (“Bank One”) and First State Bank, Bandera (“FSB”) because they cashed checks presented by Basse’s “faithless employee” who caused the checks to be issued, converted them and deposited them in an account with a name similar to the name of the named payee. The trial court granted summary judgment on all of Basse’s claims and denied summary judgment on…